Pages That Mention Khirbet Tezin
Butler Diary: Northern and Central Syria I, 1899
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District No. I p. 6. Benâbil p. 11. Barrîsh p. 16. Ḳirḳ Bêzā p. 20. Kfêr p. 25. Beḥyō p. 29. Kefr Kîla p. 31. Kalb Lauzi p. 36. Barrîsh (Kefr Kîla) p. 37. Beshindelâya p. 44. Beshindelinti p. 45. Ma'ṣarti
District No. II p. 50 Banaḳfûr p. 56 Bāmuḳḳā p. 61 Bāshakûḥ p. 65 Silfâyā p. 68 Khirbet el-Khaṭîb p. 69 Khirbet Tēzîn p. 70 Ḳaṣr Iblîsū p. 72 Bashmishli [continued in Part II]
Types of Church Plans illustrations 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Churches. | Plan | Supports |
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Benâbil | No. 2 | 0 |
Kfêr | 2 | 0 |
Beḥyō | 4 | 6 cols? |
Kefr Kîla | ? | ? |
Ḳalb Lauzi | 6 | 4 piers |
Barrish (K.K.) | 1 | 0 |
Banaḳfûr | No. 3 | 6 cols. |
Bāmuḳḳā | 3 | cols. |
Khirbat el-Khaṭîb | 3 | ? |
Khirbet Tĕzîn | 3 | 6 cols |
Ḳaṣr Iblîsū | 1 | 0 |
Bashmishli | 3 | 4 piers |
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Church_Khirbet Tezîn
Date 584 A.D.
This date is corrected from the Sea of Antioch 49 B.C.
Scale .50cm = 1m.
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Khirbet Tezîn November 4, 1899
This town is one of the northernmost of the Djebel Berîsha. It is situated on the southern slope of one of the highest foothills at the extremity of the range.
Little is left of the town but the church, which is well preserved. The houses, most of which were in plain quadrated style, have fallen completely to ruin.
Church 584 A.D. The church was of simple plan but of fair dimentions. Most of the outer walls are standing and the arch of the apse is still in place, a door to the north and one to the south * still exist with richly decorated lintels and the west front, * with its fine portal and four round topped windows, is almost intact. The cornice of the west portal is decorated with a fine design of conventional foliage ornament.
1st date. The uppermost member bears an inscription giving the date ^ 584 A.D. (W.K.P. no.10)^ of the building of the church* Over the windows is the ordinary looped moulding.
*see photos
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[Ḳaṣr Iblîsū]] November 4, 1899
West of Khirbet Tezîn about ten minutes walk is another ruined town whose well preserved church stands out a conspicuous object in the landscape.
The town is much dilapidated. The walls of its houses being mostly of rough polygonal stonework double faced and filled with clay, only the door and window frames having been of cut stone.
But the little church is a really interesting monument. It has the simplest ground plan - rectangular, without division into aisles, an arch thrown across the apse which has chambers on either side entered from the church by small doorways, one with curved, the other with flat top, and ^ divided from ^ the apse by a heavy rectangular pier on either side. The arch of the apse * is well moulded and rests on pilasters of simple foliate design. These are the sole decorations of the interior.
*see photo